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SYNOPSIS 



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Amendments to Game Law 



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COLORADO 



APPROVED APRIL 13, 1903 



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REGULATIONS 

PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER 



J. M. WOODARD, Commissioner 



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SYNOPSIS 



OF 



Amendments to Game Law 



OF 



COLORADO *- 



APPROVED APRIL 13, 1903 



ALSO 

REGULATIONS 

PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER 



J. M. WOODARD, Commissioner 



DENVER, COLO. 

THE SMITH-BROOKS PRINTING CO. 

1903. 






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STATE OF COLORADO, 

Department of Game and Fish. 

AMENDED LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



Denver, Colorado, May 20, 1903. 
To All Wardens: 

At the session of the legislature just ended the game laws 
were amended in several respects. These amendments will be 
in effect July 12, 1903. 

Your attention is called to the following synopsis of the 
most important features of the 

LAWS AS AMENDED. 

I. OPEN SEASONS, ETC. Deer with horns, September 
15 to 30; grouse, sage and prairie chickens, September 1 to 
October 20; ducks and other water, fowls and waders, September 
10 to April 15, except in regions over 7,000 feet, where it is Sep- 
tember 15 to May 1; doves, August 1 to 31; fish, June 1 to Oc- 
tober 31. The season on elk, antelope, mountain sheep, wild 
turkeys and quails is closed until 1907. 

Limit to Each Person — One deer per season; birds, 25 per 
day, 50 in possession at one time; trout, 20 pounds; other fish, 
50 pounds per day; trout 25 pounds, other fish 50 pounds in pos- 
session at one time. Length limit on trout, 7 inches. 

Food for wild fowls must not be placed within 100 yards of 
any shore or blind. No fishing between 8 p. m. and 4 a. m. 

The public to have the right to fish in any stream stocked 
at public expense, -subject to action for damage done to private 
property. 

Fishing with snag hooks and trot lines permitted in the 
Grand river below the mouth of the Roaring Fork, in the Gun- 
nison river below the mouth of the Uncompahgre, and other 
rivers where there are no trout. 

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II. IMPORTATION AND SALE. Instead of obtaining an 
importation certificate for each shipment of foreign game and 
fish, as heretofore, importers are required to procure a license 
from this office; fee, $50.00 per year, 

III. HUNTING LICENSES. Every one hunting deer or 
protected game birds must have a hunting license. There are 
three kinds of hunting licenses, viz.: 

1. Non-resident general hunting license for hunting deer 
and birds, good anywhere in the state; fee, $25.00 per year. Is- 
sued only by the Commissioner. 

2. Non-resident bird hunting license for hunting birds only, 
good only in the county named and for time specified; fee, $2.00 
for first day, $1.00 for each subsequent day. Issued only by the 
Commissioner. 

3. Resident general hunting license for hunting deer and 
birds, good anywhere in the state; fee, $1.00 per year. Resident 
licenses may be issued by the Commissioner, or any county clerk, 
but only on blanks furnished and countersigned by the Commis- 
sioner. 

No license required for one hunting on his own premises 
used for agriculture and grazing, and not for club purposes. No 
license required for fishing. 

A deer coupon is attached to each general hunting license, 
which must be signed, dated and attached to a deer when killed. 
All wardens and officers have a right to inspect and copy license. 

Application for a hunting license must give name, age, resi- 
dence, etc., of applicant, and be sworn to. Blanks for same will 
be furnished by this office. 

IV. GUIDE LICENSES. Every guide with hunters of game 
must procure a license from this office; fee, $5.00 a year. He 
must also have a general hunting license, is entitled to act as a 
deputy warden, and must report when required. If he violates, 
connives at or, assists in a violation of the law he is subject to 
fine and revocation of license. 

V. TAXIDERMISTS. Every person engaged in taxidermy 
for hire must procure a license from this office; fee, $25.00 per 
year. Specimens now lawfully in possession of taxidermists will 
be tagged without charge. Any person in lawful possession of a 
specimen may procure a certificate to that effect from this office; 
fee, $1.00. 

VI. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. An incorporated society, 
on request of the Governor and recommendation of two well 
known scientific men, and giving bond for $1,000, may obtain from 

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this office a permit to procure specimens of game and fish for 
scientific purposes only. 

The Commissioner may authorize the retention by any resi- 
dent of the state of not more than two young game animals aban- 
doned by their mother and taken to save their, lives. 

VII. DOMESTIC CERTIFICATES. Every person lawfully 
taking game birds or fish must at once attach thereto a certificate 
signed by him, stating the kind, number, place where and date 
when taken. The following is the form for such certificate: 
Form 13 — Domestic Certificate. 

STATE OF COLORADO, 
DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH. 
I hereby certify that the (insert kind and number of birds 
or fish) to which this certificate is attached were lawfully taken 

by me in : County, Colorado on 

the day of , 190 . . . 

Signed 

Tags for this purpose will be furnished by this office at one 
cent each. 

VIII. CIVIL ACTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF THE GAME 
LAWS. Action may be brought against any person unlawfully 
wounding, killing or having possession of game, and the following 
sums recovered for each animal, viz.: Elk, $200; deer, $50.00; 
antelope, $100; mountain sheep, $200; buffalo, $1,000; beaver, 
$25.00; bird, $10.00; fish, $1.00. Sums so recovered are payable, 
one-third to the county, one-third to the Commissioner and one- 
third to the person instituting the suit. This is in addition to the 
action of replevin heretofore authorized. 

The penalty for general violations of the law is increased, 
being $25.00 to $500, and imprisonment ten days to six months. 

A copy of the game laws as revised to date is herewith 
transmitted for your use. 



REGULATIONS. 

In pursuance of authority conferred by law on the Commis- 
sioner, the following regulations, forms and instructions are pre- 
scribed: 

DUTIES OF WARDENS. 

1. The chief wardens, when appointed, will each be as- 
signed to a district and will have general charge and control 

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thereof, and of all deputy and special wardens, and will be held 
responsible for the enforcement of the law therein, subject to the 
supervision of the Commissioner, but they are not restricted as to 
their duty or authority to arrest, seize and prosecute for viola- 
tions of the law, which may come to their notice in other dis- 
tricts, when prompt action or assistance is required. 

2. United States timber reserve officers and range riders 
are required to assist in enforcing the State Game and Fish Laws, 
and when holding proper commission from this office will have 
the same authority as other game wardens. 

3. The open seasons on all large game except deer have 
been closed, and the number of deer which one person may kill 
in a season is limited to one, and every warden is expected to 
use special efforts to prevent the limit being exceeded. 

4. Killing by proxy is unlawful; that is, no person has a 
right to kill game or fish and turn it over to another to be con- 
sidered as killed by the latter, for the purpose of enabling the 
former to actually exceed the limit. Each person is legally re- 
sponsible for what he actually kills. 

5. The preservation of game and the enforcement of the 
law must depend largely upon the diligence of the wardens, and 
they are expected to use diligence and also discfetion, and not 
make arrests or seizures in cases where the charge can not be 
successfully maintained. 

6. Deputy and special wardens will be appointed by the 
Commissioner only, and generally only upon the recommenda- 
tion of a chief warden. 

7. Wardens have no authority to issue any license, certifi- 
cate or permit, except when specially authorized in writing by 
the Commissioner, and on blanks furnished and signed by him, 
but any warden who has given an approved bond may receive an 
application and the fee therefor, which he must immediately for- 
ward to this office with directions for sending the license, etc., 
when issued. 

8. Inasmuch as the revenue required to properly enforce 
the Game Laws must be derived principally from licenses pro- 
vided by the amended laws, you are directed to see that licenses 
are procured by every person required by the law to do so. This 
is particularly applicable to hunting licenses. The funds for the 
enforcement of the laws in other respects can by this means be 
supplied, and the full number of chief wardens kept in seryice the 
entire year, and a large force of deputy wardens during the open 
season. 

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9. The law requires the chief wardens to devote their en- 
tire time to the performance of their duties, and they will be 
expected to do so. The same requirements apply to all wardens 
receiving pay. 

10. Reports must be made by each chief warden and each 
deputy or special warden under pay, on the first day of each 
month, or as soon thereafter as practicable, showing his opera- 
tions in detail each day of the preceding month. 

11. Each special warden must as often as required by the 
chief warden of his district report to him as to all arrests and 
seizures made, prosecutions instituted, and moneys received, 
sending a duplicate to this office, with a remittance of the moneys 
received. 

12. Each chief warden will make similar reports and re- 
mittances to the Commissioner. 

13. Expenses incurred must not be deducted from moneys 
received, but will be vouchered and paid monthly from this of- 
fice. All expense accounts must be fully itemized and show the 
date and occasion of each item, so as to be self-explanatory. 

A failure to comply with this regulation will result in with- 
holding payment of expense accounts and salary. 

14. Except in cases of unusual importance, extraordinary 
expenses should not be incurred without special authority from 
this office. 

SEIZURES. 

15. Where wardens make seizures and, as authorized by the 
law, also seize and use animals or vehicles (which were used in 
the unlawful transportation), they will pay a reasonable com- 
pensation for such use, if it can be agreed upon; if not, the same 
must be referred to the Commissioner for adjustment. 

16. Deputy and special wardens have the same authority 
in making searches, seizures and arrests as the Commissioner 
and chief wardens, except as to summoning a posse. This can 
be done only by authority of the Commissioner or a chief warden. 

DOMESTIC GAME AND FISH. 

17. Game lawfully taken at large, and fish lawfully taken 
from public waters within the state during the open season, 
should have attached thereto a certificate in the form given in 
the synopsis of the laws. 



18. Domestic game and fish taken as above can not law- 
fully be disposed of to another except by actual bona fide dona- 
tion. When disposed of in any other way they are not lawfully 
in possession and are subject to seizure. 

19. When such game or fish have been donated to another, 
the maker of the certificate should endorse the fact on the cer- 
tificate and sign the same. 

20. Such certificate, when correctly filled in, dated and 
signed by the person originally taking the game or fish therein 
described (and indorsed as above when donated to another) will 
be deemed prima facie evidence of lawful possession and author- 
ity to transport and store the same within the state during the 
open season and for five days thereafter. 

21. In order to avoid detention and prosecution, persons in 
lawful possession of game and fish must conform to the above 
regulations. 

22. Proprietors of hotels, restaurants and the like can not 
lawfully serve game or fish taken at large or from public waters, 
except to a person in lawful possession of the same and his in- 
vited guests. 

23. Nor can such proprietory employ others to take at 
large, or from public waters, game and fish to supply their tables 
or guests. 

24. Such proprietors can supply their tables with game 
and fish taken from licensed private parks and lakes, or im- 
ported or seized and sold by an officer under the provisions of 
the law relating thereto, but not otherwise. 

IMPORTED GAME AND FISH. 

25. Game and fish for general sale by licensed importers 
may be imported from states and territories which do not pro- 
hibit the sale therein of game and fish from this state. 

26. Game and fish so imported should be accompanied by a 
shipper's invoice, substantially in the following form: 

Form 14 — Shipper's Invoice. 

Sold and shipped by me this day of 

190 ... , from , in County, 

state of , by 

to Mr , in , Colorado, 

the following game and fish : 

, Shipper. 



27. Upon breaking bulk and exposing or offering imported 
game or fish for sale (or before using, if intended for use by the 
person importing the same), an invoice stating the number and 
kind of game and fish, the name of the person and place received 
from, date of reception and number of license and signed by the 
importer must be attached thereto. In case of sale or resale, the 
invoice or a copy thereof must accompany the article sold. 

For game or fish of kinds not protected by the law, no li- 
cense or invoice is required. No game or any part of same to be 
transported to points outside of state without first securing a 
permit from this office. 

PRIVATE PARKS, LAKES AND PRESERVES. 

28. Every lake from which fish are taken for sale must be 
licensed and the owner of the lake must procure the license un- 
less the exclusive fishing privilege has been granted to another 
and a license has been procured by him. 

29. Licenses for bird shooting and fishing privileges on pri- 
vate lakes can be procured only when the lakes are wholly or 
in part on private land, or held under irrigation laws. Those for 
fishing privileges on streams, only when the part of the stream 
licensed is wholly on private land, and all clubs or persons who 
are grantees or lessees of such privileges are required by law 
to procure licenses. 

30. Two or more lakes within reasonable proximity to each 
other may be included in one license, and where that is desired 
the application should show the distance between lakes. The 
fees in such cases are governed by the number of lakes so in- 
cluded. 

31. Wardens are expected to familiarize themselves with 
the law and these regulations, and conform thereto. A failure to 
do so, without good reason, will be deemed sufficient cause for 
withholding payment of expense accounts and salary, or for re- 
moval. 

32. Blank applications for all kinds of licenses, certificates 
and permits will be furnished from this office on request. Tags 
for domestic certificates will also be furnished at cost. 

J. M. WOODARD, 

Commissioner. 



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